Roleplaying

Investigative adventures are one of my favourite genres for solo play. If you look at what I have been playing this summer (and put out solo rules for) you get: Ashen Stars Call of Cthulhu Eldritch Tales Dark Streets & Darker Secrets Tales From The Loop The consistent thread is all about investigation. Hack and … Read more

This week I am writing up my solo rules for Tales from the Loop. One of the dominant images associated with the game are the triple cooling towers of the Bona Reactor. Those are the towers on the book cover, Chapter 01 cover image, Chapter 02 cover image, and again in Chapter 03. They serve … Read more

In the grand scheme of things, Meet is not really the watchword for 2020. I think it more a case of wishing we could all meet up safely. Today, I had a call from one of my players wanting to know if we were all going to try and meet up in November. I really … Read more

I am going to cheat a little and extend Comfort into Comfort Zone. Firstly, that is one of the cool things about solo play, you are setting your own limits and boundaries. If you want to step outside your own comfort zone, you can stop and walk away at any moment. If you want stay … Read more

The dramatic is one of the central things I am looking for in my solo play. Often it can be difficult if you know the overall structure of an adventure. I use a variety of techniques to bring a sense of the unknown into my games. One of my favourites is a card deck, or … Read more